| Photo ID # | a01.26.04_023_LIL_DOR_0070D_1 |
| Car #: | #23 |
| Driver (s) : | Ed Lilly |
| Location: | Dorney Park |
| Date: | 1979 |
| Photographer: | Wayne Urffer |
| Photo provided by: | Wayne Urffer |
| Comments: | Comments provided by Wayne: Another quick,
nimble coupe. Lilly won the Sportsman point title in this car in 1980. Aside
from the "blah" color scheme, which I never thought did justice to the car, this was one of my favorites. |
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| Date: | Visitor's Name: | Comments: |
| 01/26/04 | 3-Wide | I like the plain orange with gold trim...I think it would be even cooler if the number was a little bigger, but either way, it's a great looking little coupe and I'd make room for it in my driveway just like it is! |
| 02/19/04 | Jerry | I remember him putting a big blk in the Coupe and runnin Wall. |
| 06/20/05 | Dterraforte | Personally, for myself, I have always liked this type of color usually called red-orange or fire-orange. Notice how neat, clean, level and square the body and hood have been sectioned, channeled and mounted over the frame. Everything is very well proportioned, well balanced. if this car still exists, please activly vintage auto race it. Can't you just hear the loud pedal shooting for green out of turn four? YUP! Thanx, this a neat site. |
| 08/28/05 | Robert Guzik | To respond to the message regarding the current status of this coupe..I had read several years ago, in the pages of AARN, that although Ed Lilly had sold the chassis & running gear of this car many years ago--he had removed the '35 Plymouth coupe body from it--and mounted it on the wall of his auto body shop, in Allentown-- |
| 03/18/06 | Rick Shive | Correct, Robert. The coupe body still hangs from the ceiling in Ed's Allentown,Pa. body shop. |
| 05/03/06 | Wayne Urffer | Am I crazy, or are these Dorney cars from the mid1970s through mid 1980s some of the greatest stock cars ever? Coupe and coach bodies, low and narrow, colorful. I dare any fan to identify cooler looking stock cars!! |
| 05/03/06 | 3-Wide | You may be crazy, but not because of your opinion of these great Dorney cars! There is no doubt that these are some of the greatest looking cars in the Vault. Thanks Wayne - |
| 05/13/07 | Jason Reitz | Ed Lilly always ran strong with this car. He was one of the few who could run the outside groove, so he had clear track to pass. I remember sitting in turn one at Dorney watching Ed drive this car with one hand on the wheel and the other resting on the side rails of the rollcage. He later changed to a low Pinto-bodied car and ran equally as strong. When the track closed, he ran at Wall. |
| 09/04/07 | T.L. Pitts | The body was finally sold in 2005 and has been restored and placed on a later 80's chassis. It will be run for the first time on 9-08-07 at Mahoning in the NOTARC old timers club along with the Preston Henry 4 anf the Frank Graver 84. |
| 12.10.13 |
Gary LaFetra |
I remember when Ed towed to Wall Stadium on Sat. nights with a Cavalier bodied modified. You could tell it wasn't "big bucks" but you always knew he was there and he even won a couple of features. He was a guy that used his head more than his wallet and guys like him are the backbone of the sport. At least they used to be. |
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